alysaphobia
May 7 2007, 04:14 AM
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BANNED driver Paris Hilton launched a legal fight to stay free yesterday after being sentenced to 45 days in jail.
Lawyers for the 26-year-old hotel heiress said theywould launch an immediate appeal against her sentence, imposed by a Los Angeles court yesterday.
Howard Weitzman, defending, said: "I'm shocked, I'm surprised and disheartened.
He said the sentence was "uncalled for, inappropriate and bordered on the ludicrous". And he added: "I think she's singled out because of who she is."
Hilton, the star of reality show The Simple Life, was caught driving twice despite still being banned following a drink-drive arrest last September.
She tearfully claimed not to have looked at a document she signed in January saying she was banned.
Hilton told the judge: "I'm very sorry and from now on I'm going to pay complete attention to everything. I'm sorry and I did not do it on purpose at all." She said advisors had told her she was free to drive for work purposes. But Judge Michael Sauerbranded Hilton a liar as she wept in court.
The judge said: "She wanted to disregard everything that was said and continue to drive no matter what."
Hilton's mother Kathy had laughed out loud when prosecutors said her daughter deserved jail. When the judge sentenced her to 45 days, Kathy asked him: "May I have your autograph?"
Hilton was ordered to report to a women's jail in suburban Lynwood on June 5 or face her sentence being increased to 90 days.
The court had been told that as well as being caught driving twice, she had failed to enrol in an alcohol education programme which was a condition of her probation.
In January, she had admitted driving recklessly under the influence of alcohol in Hollywood in September.
But the same month she was stopped again, with a third arrest in February.
The judge said he would not offer her the option of being electronically tagged or paying to serve her time in a more acceptable jail as some celebrities do.
HakunaMatata
May 7 2007, 11:10 AM
Is it terrible that my cousin and I were actually happy over this?
FoxLucky
May 7 2007, 11:14 AM
LOL She's getting what she deserved.
pandamonium
May 7 2007, 02:54 PM
aww poor paris. i feel bad cause it must be hell for her. hey but whatever she was driving drunk and im 99 percent against that lol. shes a millionaire or billionaire im not sure but she should have 3 drivers for everytime of the day. shes so rich already
kimmytree
May 7 2007, 03:45 PM
Hahah crap. That's funny... she kinda deserves it. I wonder if she'll be treated like any other prisoner, in a regular jail? LOL... she probably will. In that case, I actually feel kinda bad for her.
jaeminnie
May 7 2007, 03:50 PM
Maybe she'll start to at least skim the documents handed to her before signing them after this.
Jinny
May 7 2007, 04:34 PM
Well, I wasn't so surprised when I heard that she was arrested
After all, she's known as a "party girl" so obviously she would drink&drive
Wow what's up with Paris' mom?
Detective
May 7 2007, 06:05 PM
It was about time she got put in her cell.
misoshiru
May 7 2007, 06:20 PM
yay! goodbye paris hilton :D
alysaphobia
May 8 2007, 05:24 AM
I was secretly happy about it.
I can't believe her mom laughed and asked for the judge's autograph after Paris got sentenced, though.
MzUrban
May 8 2007, 01:08 PM
Good.
pedophile
May 8 2007, 02:41 PM
HAHAHAHAHA bitch deserved it! They let stars get away w/ anything nowadays, anyway.
EmoEyelinerx
May 8 2007, 03:52 PM
hahaha she deserves it like she said ^ stars get away with anything these days... omg and her mom hahaha
xniksz
May 8 2007, 03:59 PM
QUOTE(&/degradanca. @ May 8 2007, 6:24 AM)
I can't believe her mom laughed and asked for the judge's autograph after Paris got sentenced, though.
yeah i can't believe her mom acted like that. i guess she was fed up with paris?
i think she deserves it cause it was her second time doing it.. jeez louise. lol
HakunaMatata
May 9 2007, 01:23 AM
QUOTE(&/degradanca. @ May 8 2007, 3:24 AM)
I was secretly happy about it.
I can't believe her mom laughed and asked for the judge's autograph after Paris got sentenced, though.
Wait,
huh? Link?
alysaphobia
May 9 2007, 05:46 AM
It's about the middle of the article posted here, and it says:
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Hilton's mother Kathy had laughed out loud when prosecutors said her daughter deserved jail. When the judge sentenced her to 45 days, Kathy asked him: "May I have your autograph?"
Her mom is CRAZY hahahaa
only_if_u_knew
May 11 2007, 08:22 AM
omg paris is going to jail for 45 days finally !! but she goes in june!!
Mystic Eyes
May 11 2007, 09:39 AM
I heard about this. That will teach her that she's not soo invincible after all.
jaeminnie
May 11 2007, 10:56 AM
There's already another topic like this. Post there instead, please.
http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php...ris+Hilton+jail
voguelove
May 11 2007, 12:08 PM
^yea, there.
i heard about it,. and i laughed.
Duchess of Dork
May 11 2007, 12:34 PM
Topics merged. :)
This lady at work was telling me that she was going to fight the sentence. Of course she is.
jaeminnie
May 11 2007, 12:58 PM
QUOTE(Duchess of Dork @ May 11 2007, 1:34 PM)
This lady at work was telling me that she was going to fight the sentence. Of course she is.
That's so silly. It won't kill her to serve a month and a half in jail. Half-kill, maybe, but she'll survive.
alysaphobia
May 11 2007, 01:02 PM
^ I agree. If anything, it will help her sick "career", since it seems like she just constantly rides off of attention to get herself to the top.
Frénésie
May 14 2007, 06:08 AM
It's funny. I wish someone would tape her in jail ...
Jamwllms
May 24 2007, 11:42 AM
I heard she managed to get her sentence halved.
In addition, she will be getting her own cushy cell.
It's amazing what being a celebrity can do for you, eh?
They should just throw her in with all the other criminals. It's only fair.
- James.
alysaphobia
May 24 2007, 12:12 PM
^I agree that she should get regular treatment, but if she was thrown into cells with other inmates, wouldn't it be possibly ... I don't know, dangerous?
Considering her celebrity status.
ashleybby
May 24 2007, 12:18 PM
i dont think its fair at all that celebrities get "special treatment" when they go to jail or prison
but it is true that maybe they get the special treatment because they could be in danger or something. because they are famous and all?
but i dont think she should get a nice comphy cell or anything. just something possibly away from the other people. so she wont be in danger.
but i think she deserves to go to jail. ha.
CLYDE
May 24 2007, 11:15 PM
QUOTE(Frénésie @ May 14 2007, 04:08 AM)
It's funny. I wish someone would tape her in jail ...
Now THAT reality show I would totally watch!!!
She should NOT get special treatment. She should be thrown in with the other criminals. Just because she's a celebrity doesn't mean she's more DELICATE than all the other new inmates that have to go to prison with normal criminals.
Stefanny
May 25 2007, 12:01 AM
not like anybody cares about her driving anyways.
doughnut
May 25 2007, 05:10 AM
QUOTE(Jamwllms @ May 25 2007, 12:42 AM)
I heard she managed to get her sentence halved.
In addition, she will be getting her own cushy cell.
It's amazing what being a celebrity can do for you, eh?
They should just throw her in with all the other criminals. It's only fair.
- James.
thats f**king retarded..
IVIike
May 25 2007, 09:04 AM
good she should have to. Money can't buy everything
pandamonium
May 27 2007, 04:44 PM
lindsay is going to join her friend paris soon.
lindsay on saturday may 26 or friday i forgot crashed her car into a curb and left the scene to go to the hospital. they arrested her and they actually found cocaine in her car.
tisk tisk. she was also driving under the influence..... so tisk tisk.
alysaphobia
May 28 2007, 07:01 AM
Hasn't Lindsay been in so many drug related incidents already though?
Ah, it bugs me how celebrity status can really save your a** from jail multiple times. 
JoanOfArc
Jun 2 2007, 08:52 AM
Its about time people started doing something about her behavior.
voguelove
Jun 2 2007, 09:49 PM
shes starting monday.
i really think it's unfair to make her sentene "lighter" just because shes paris hilton (having her in special cells, handpicking her cell mate, etc.).
laxumaster8
Jun 4 2007, 03:46 PM
yep, she's in there now...it might seem a little harsh, but it brings across the point that not even celebrities can get away with everything
medicineforluck
Jun 4 2007, 03:57 PM
HAHAHAHHAHA
mocassinsx29
Jun 10 2007, 02:08 PM
shouldn't all celebrities under legal drinking age with tons of photos of them drinking be punished? i don't get that
BOOGERSHAHA
Jun 10 2007, 02:43 PM
QUOTE(mocassinsx29 @ Jun 10 2007, 03:08 PM)
shouldn't all celebrities under legal drinking age with tons of photos of them drinking be punished? i don't get that
technically yes, but then so should the billions of college kids under 21 with facebook pictures of them drinking. it's just a really grey subject to enforce, and that kind of sucks. :|
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